Removable barrel head



Feb. 14, 1928. 1,658,853

W. J. M URRAY REMOVABLE BARREL HEAD Filed Nov. 27, 1925 William JMZWIWZ/ gmntov Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

1wewe WILLIAM J. MURRAY, or ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

REMOVABLE BARREL HEAD.

- Application filedNovember 27, 1925. Serial No. 71,564.

The present invention relates to a removable barrel head.

When goods are packed in barrels, 'it is necessary, in order toremove the head of 5 a barrel, to either break in the center portion of the head and then draw the side portions inward to remove them from the croze in which the head is seated, or to remove some of the hoops from the barrel so as to m permit the staves to be expanded outwardly and release the edge of the head from the croze in which it seats. 8

The object of thepresent invention is to make a removable barrel head.

In order to attain this object, there is provided, in accordance with one feature of the invention, side portions and a removable interlocking central portion, the central portion being secured in position as by a bar mounted transverselyof said central portion, and connected at either end to the side portions. v of two units which are coextensive when the head is in position-in a barrel, and are 001- lapsible when the head is to be released for removal. 8

These and other features of the invention will be more fully brought out in the tollowing description and the accompanymg drawings, wherein:

Figure 1, is a view in top elevation of a barrel head made in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2, is aside view of the device shown in Figure 1. i

Figure 3, is a sectional view on a line corresponding to the line 3-3 of Figure 1, showing the head afiixed in position in a barrel, the dotted lines showing the removable central portion in areleased position; and i i 3 Figure 4, is a view in top elevation of the fastening bar. 7 5

Referring to the drawings in detail, a barrel A is formed with the customary annular groove or croze l interiorly thereof to receive a head B. The head comprises two side portions 2 and 3, their outer edges being curved to define an arc of a circle hav- 5 ing the same circumference as the croze 1.

The central portion is made up The edges of said members are wedge-shaped to seat tightly in the croze;

A central portion C of the head comprises two interlockin members 4 and 5, the outer end of each ofsaid members being curved 65 to lit the croze 1. The inner contacting ends of the central memhersfi and 5 are connected as by a tongue andgroove joint and are of a width to be insertable between the side members Q- and 3 when said'side members are seated in the croze. Fastening means are provided to removably hold the central portion C in position, a bar'7 being shown, although itis not desired to limit the invention to any'specific fastening means. The bar is provided with laterally extending notches 8 and 9 and an endwise notch 10. A screw 11 is connected to one of the side members toengage the endwise slot 10 while other screws 12 and 13 are connected to the central and other side portions, respectively, to receive laterally extending slots 8 and 9, respectively.

To place the head in position in a barrel, the two side pieces 2 and 3 are set into the To cro ze 1 to occupy approximately the position shown in Figure 1. The two interlocking central portions 4 and 5 are then inserted in position, as shown in the dotted lines in Figure 3, the raised inner endsthereof hav-- 3o ingthe tongue and groove joint engaged. The bar 7 is then placed with the central laterally extending slot 8 in engagement with the screw 12 to prevent the central portion from being forced past the side members 35 when it is pressed into position. These inner ends are then forced downward into the solid line position of Figure 3, and the bar 7 is removed from screw 12 and is positioned with endwise slot 10 in engagement with screw 11. The bar is rotated about the screw 11 as a pivot to cause the laterally extending notches to engage the screws 8 and 96 head the process is rehead comprising oppositely disposed side 100 ,e

portions, a pair of interlocking center portions positioned between the side portions to force said side portions outwardly into engagement with a croze, aligned lugs carried by said side portions and by one of said centerportions, and a her having a longitudinal notch in an endthereof to reeeive'a stnd'in a side portion and having transverse notches in a side thereof to receive the lugs in the center portion and other side portion, said bar being bodily removable and adapted to receive the lug in the center portion in the longitudinal end notch to pry up the interlocking center portions to open the barrel.

Initestirnony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM J. MURRAY. 

